Hi Everyone,
I'm trying to set up a chemical reaction case in FLUENT. It is a single step irreversible reaction of HCl and NaOH (both are liquid). I have created CHEMKIN Mechanism file and Thermodynamic Database file. The reaction data I wrote is:

I use non-premixed combustion and steady flamelet model. I am able to load both reaction and thermodynamic files but when I click create flamelet option, FLUENT reports this error:
"Single flamelet extinguished. Try again with lower Scalar Dissipation"

I try reducing the initial scalar dissipation to a very lower number but still, it does not work.

I do not know what is wrong. Can anyone give me some advice/suggestion on how to solve this problem, please? Thank you very much.

Regards,
Jenny

cguy

March 17, 2012 06:36

The flamelet solver in Fluent checks for heat release to ensure that the flamelet has not extinguished (ie the max temp > boundary temp). Can you give your chemistry some exo-thermistry? (ie lower formation enthalpy of products)

Jenny_Wong

March 17, 2012 08:01

Dear Cguy,
Thank you very much for your reply. I don't know how to give my chemistry exo-thermistry or lower product formation enthalpy. Could you please give me some ideas?
Best wishes,
Jenny